This is the horror story glaucoma case of the week. It leaves us to wonder how long this has been going on? Could this have been prevented? What are the best treatment options? What is the prognosis?
Read MoreA collection of new patient consults including one patient showing progression visual field loss on Goldmann-type Visual Field. However, is this glaucoma or something else?
Read MoreGlaucoma surgery case round-up including a discussion on dealing with spikes in intraocular pressure (IOP) post-operatively
Read MoreSeveral glaucoma consults discussed including when to treat narrow angles.
Read MoreRound up of interesting glaucoma consults from this past week discussing nerve fibre layer imaging, herbal remedies, and ruling out a brain tumour.
Read MoreA recap of this past week's tweets of 3 glaucoma surgeries. A relatively light surgical week with only three patients but always something to learn from everyone. This week I talk about how I teach glaucoma surgery. This article contains additional information not found in the original 140 character postings including the findings at the 1 day and 1 week post-op visits. Please add your comments so that we can extend these teachable moments over time.
Read MoreI started this site in 2009 to write about Glaucoma, Health IT (EMR, EHR), Technology and to host my podcast series "Talking About Glaucoma." There is a shortcut to this blog to make it easier to find http://iguy.tv/blog.
I am a glaucoma sub-specialized Ophthalmologist and have a full time clinical practice at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic of the Geisel School of Medicine in Hanover, NH. I have a longtime interest in the use of technology to help in medical care as well as in Education. In addition, I was a very early adopter and developer of Electronic Medical Record systems who has lectured internationally on the topic of making the transition to EMRs in daily practice.
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